| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus bachmani |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Stone-Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni |
| Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius |
| White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus |
| Red-wattled Plover | Vanellus indicus |
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus |
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes |
| Wandering Tattler | Heteroscelus incanus |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| Surfbird | Aphriza virgata |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Rock Sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Spoonbill Sandpiper | Eurynorhynchus pygmeus |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Micropalama himantopus |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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